Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 238 291
Rank change year-on-year -74 +53 -77
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 510 571 943
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.58% 1.36% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 1.47% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 218 312 532
10th Percentile £41,837 £45,125 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,633 £56,714 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,886 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.45% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £88,750 £87,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £111,125 £112,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £64,627 £58,700
% change year-on-year -2.40% +10.10% -6.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 66,205 38,927 81,426
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.18% 92.83% 85.82%
Number of salaries quoted 40,871 22,769 59,504
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 23 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -66 463 £66,771 -4.61% 209
London +33 284 £85,000 +13.33% 117
Work from Home +61 245 £65,000 - 88
UK excluding London -155 169 £63,076 -2.40% 126
North of England -40 64 £75,000 -6.25% 25
North West -12 39 £85,000 +6.18% 10
Midlands -49 30 £57,500 -8.00% 24
South East -131 27 £52,500 -19.23% 36
East of England -26 25 £61,300 -5.69% 16
West Midlands -31 23 £57,500 -8.00% 10
Yorkshire -42 22 £63,076 +94.08% 11
South West -79 16 £62,500 +4.17% 14
East Midlands -55 7 £152,500 +190.48% 14
Northern Ireland - 7 £75,000 - 7
Scotland -27 4 £55,000 +22.22% 4
North East -46 3 £63,076 -23.54% 4
Wales -22 2 £72,251 +20.71% 3

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.53%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 18 (3.53%) Confluence
2 11 (2.16%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.39%) CICS
4 2 (0.39%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) MTS
5 1 (0.20%) Drupal
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (6.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 22 (4.31%) Microsoft Office
3 16 (3.14%) Microsoft Excel
4 13 (2.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 6 (1.18%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (0.39%) Trello
7 1 (0.20%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (3.92%) Workfront
2 6 (1.18%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.59%) Fidessa
4 2 (0.39%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.39%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.20%) Magento
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 75 (14.71%) AWS
2 64 (12.55%) SaaS
3 48 (9.41%) Azure
4 34 (6.67%) iPaaS
5 21 (4.12%) GitHub
6 19 (3.73%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.73%) Pulumi
7 17 (3.33%) GitHub Copilot
8 12 (2.35%) GCP
9 10 (1.96%) Azure DevOps
9 10 (1.96%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.76%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.57%) Figma
11 8 (1.57%) H2O.ai
11 8 (1.57%) OpenShift
12 7 (1.37%) Asana
13 5 (0.98%) Google Analytics
13 5 (0.98%) Snowflake
14 4 (0.78%) Google Workspace
14 4 (0.78%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 60 (11.76%) Broadband
2 24 (4.71%) HTTP
3 10 (1.96%) WAN
4 9 (1.76%) SD-WAN
5 7 (1.37%) LAN
6 6 (1.18%) RTP
7 4 (0.78%) NGN
8 3 (0.59%) Multicast
8 3 (0.59%) Network Security
8 3 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.59%) Wireless
9 2 (0.39%) Firewall
9 2 (0.39%) VPN
10 1 (0.20%) 4G
10 1 (0.20%) 5G
10 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.20%) MPLS
10 1 (0.20%) SAN
10 1 (0.20%) Skype
10 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (8.63%) Metadata
2 19 (3.73%) NoSQL
2 19 (3.73%) RDBMS
2 19 (3.73%) Relational Database
3 17 (3.33%) Power BI
4 9 (1.76%) Data Lake
5 5 (0.98%) Tableau
6 4 (0.78%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.59%) Big Data
7 3 (0.59%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.39%) DB2
8 2 (0.39%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 29 (5.69%) JIRA
2 19 (3.73%) Jaeger
3 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.20%) Git
3 1 (0.20%) Jenkins
3 1 (0.20%) Selenium
General
1 182 (35.69%) Finance
2 165 (32.35%) Social Skills
3 153 (30.00%) Marketing
4 86 (16.86%) Analytical Skills
4 86 (16.86%) Banking
5 67 (13.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 61 (11.96%) Retail
7 56 (10.98%) Law
8 50 (9.80%) Influencing Skills
9 41 (8.04%) Presentation Skills
10 32 (6.27%) Legal
11 30 (5.88%) Back Office
12 27 (5.29%) Public Sector
13 25 (4.90%) Financial Institution
14 20 (3.92%) Manufacturing
15 19 (3.73%) Organisational Skills
16 14 (2.75%) Italian Language
16 14 (2.75%) Retail Banking
17 13 (2.55%) Digital Economy
17 13 (2.55%) German Language
Job Titles
1 149 (29.22%) Product Manager
2 85 (16.67%) Senior
3 73 (14.31%) Lead
4 56 (10.98%) Product Owner
5 45 (8.82%) Senior Manager
6 38 (7.45%) Senior Product Manager
7 25 (4.90%) Development Engineer
7 25 (4.90%) Software Engineer
8 24 (4.71%) Software Development Engineer
9 22 (4.31%) Developer
10 20 (3.92%) Consultant
11 19 (3.73%) Product Lead
12 17 (3.33%) Senior Development Engineer
12 17 (3.33%) Senior Software Development Engineer
12 17 (3.33%) Senior Software Engineer
13 15 (2.94%) Cloud Engineer
13 15 (2.94%) Digital Product Manager
14 14 (2.75%) Business Consultant
14 14 (2.75%) Business Development Consultant
14 14 (2.75%) Development Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (5.10%) REST
2 19 (3.73%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (3.73%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (1.57%) Keras
3 8 (1.57%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.57%) TensorFlow
4 4 (0.78%) YAML
5 3 (0.59%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.39%) CSS
6 2 (0.39%) HTML
6 2 (0.39%) Spring
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.20%) Next.js
7 1 (0.20%) Playwright
7 1 (0.20%) PySpark
7 1 (0.20%) pytest
7 1 (0.20%) React
7 1 (0.20%) SOAP
7 1 (0.20%) XML
7 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 135 (26.47%) Product Ownership
2 46 (9.02%) Social Media
3 36 (7.06%) Marketing Technology
4 35 (6.86%) Cloud Native
4 35 (6.86%) Over-the-Top Content
5 26 (5.10%) Self-Motivation
6 25 (4.90%) Public Cloud
7 24 (4.71%) Management Information System
8 23 (4.51%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (2.16%) Web Conferencing
11 9 (1.76%) Enterprise Cloud
12 8 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.57%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.57%) Driving Licence
13 7 (1.37%) Data Fabric
13 7 (1.37%) Podcast
13 7 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
14 6 (1.18%) IoT
14 6 (1.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (4.71%) Linux
2 19 (3.73%) Unix
3 6 (1.18%) Windows
4 2 (0.39%) zOS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 306 (60.00%) Roadmaps
2 239 (46.86%) Agile
3 150 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
4 113 (22.16%) Stakeholder Management
5 110 (21.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 110 (21.57%) Product Vision
6 105 (20.59%) AI
7 101 (19.80%) Decision-Making
7 101 (19.80%) Mentoring
8 97 (19.02%) Problem-Solving
9 92 (18.04%) Product Strategy
10 85 (16.67%) User Stories
11 76 (14.90%) User Experience
12 72 (14.12%) Analytics
13 68 (13.33%) Customer Experience
14 65 (12.75%) Product Backlog
15 63 (12.35%) Product Requirements
16 60 (11.76%) DevOps
16 60 (11.76%) Software Engineering
17 58 (11.37%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 49 (9.61%) Java
2 31 (6.08%) Python
3 25 (4.90%) JavaScript
4 20 (3.92%) Go
5 19 (3.73%) Bash
6 14 (2.75%) SQL
7 6 (1.18%) Bicep
8 4 (0.78%) PowerShell
9 3 (0.59%) R
10 2 (0.39%) COBOL
10 2 (0.39%) JCL
10 2 (0.39%) PHP
10 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.20%) C#
11 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 86 (16.86%) Degree
2 25 (4.90%) Master's Degree
3 22 (4.31%) Security Cleared
4 20 (3.92%) AWS Certification
5 19 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (3.14%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.37%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.18%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.18%) HNC
9 5 (0.98%) MBA
10 4 (0.78%) CISSP
10 4 (0.78%) HND
11 3 (0.59%) CCNA
11 3 (0.59%) Cisco Certification
11 3 (0.59%) PMI Certification
11 3 (0.59%) PMP
12 2 (0.39%) ACCA
12 2 (0.39%) CIMA
12 2 (0.39%) CISM
12 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.71%) QA
2 13 (2.55%) Accessibility
3 11 (2.16%) Data Quality
4 7 (1.37%) GDPR
4 7 (1.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 6 (1.18%) PMO
6 5 (0.98%) NCSC
7 4 (0.78%) NIST
7 4 (0.78%) SLA
8 3 (0.59%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.59%) PERC
9 2 (0.39%) COREP
9 2 (0.39%) FINREP
9 2 (0.39%) GRC
9 2 (0.39%) IFRS
9 2 (0.39%) ISO 9001
10 1 (0.20%) GMP
10 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 22 (4.31%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) RACF
3 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 32 (6.27%) Terraform
2 22 (4.31%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.73%) Ansible
3 19 (3.73%) Argo
3 19 (3.73%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.73%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.39%) FortiGate
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) Amdocs OSS
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Intune
5 1 (0.20%) WSUS
Vendors
1 47 (9.22%) Microsoft
2 43 (8.43%) Adobe
3 35 (6.86%) Google
4 10 (1.96%) Oracle
4 10 (1.96%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.76%) Dell
6 8 (1.57%) Databricks
6 8 (1.57%) NVIDIA
7 6 (1.18%) Cisco
8 4 (0.78%) Facebook
8 4 (0.78%) Foundry
8 4 (0.78%) Toshiba
8 4 (0.78%) YouTube
9 3 (0.59%) CrowdStrike
9 3 (0.59%) Fortinet
9 3 (0.59%) ION Trading
9 3 (0.59%) Patsystems
9 3 (0.59%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 3 (0.59%) Tenable
9 3 (0.59%) Trayport